The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-17

although their time does not expire until March
l. The stock of the Sanduskv division and 10
per cent OF the incomes Of l., B. & W. will
make up the preferred stock of the reorganized
company. The consolidation will leave the com.
pany without floating debt free from car trusts,
and will make the fixed charges below the net
earnings of 1885, which was the poorest year in the
history OF the company. The charges including
olvlaends on the preferred STOCK will be $500 600
per annum less than before the consolidation.
1t the Wagner Palacecar Company ever ex-
pect TO reach the popularity that the Pullman
raiace-car Company enjoys they must mend
thefr ways considerably There seems to be q
lack or system In the securing of berths. case
in point is OF recent occurrence, and is by no
means an exception. A party of four, two OF
them young ladies, took the fast train out of In
oianapohs at $50 P. NJ, and had telegraDhed
ahead for the berths when the train coming up
from Cincinnati reached Dayton By agree
ment with the Beeine company q certain num-
Der OF sections is reserved on the through cars
from cincinnati for Boston and New York for
Bee .nne passengers from the West On reach
ing Dayton the parties referred to found every
oerth taken. and investigation showed that the
same berths which belonged to Indianapolis
passengers had been sold twice before the train
reached Dayton. Such work as this must, If
continued, iniure the business of the sleeping
car company. The Decline people, of course,
are not In any manner responsible for this mode
/ or doing business. The berths which were
sold at Indianapolis the passengers from here
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| lngc company. If this were the first case it
might have been passed, but the practice of sell
| ing the Indianapolis berths Is becoming entirely
| too common
The Decline Gazette, in its January number,
which, by the bye, is one of the brightest and
most newsy numbers yet issued by the Bee-line
passenger department. in commenting on the ap-
| polntment of Leslie Farmer, general passenger
| agent of the Erie, says: 1.-The newly appointed
general passenger agent of the Erie is Bee line
graduate, and considerably younger man than
| thirty eighth birthday upon the date the notice
OF his appointment appeared in the Cleveland
dailies He was born Dec. %, 1848. at small
town in Connecticut, called Rockville, now To-
| Gated on the New York & New England rail
road, and his very first experience In railway
| service commenced about the middle of January,
1863, in the treasurers Office of the old Bellefon
taine railroad. now the Decline. His service
was continuous with these lines, principally the
passenger department, till Dec. l. 1871. when be
went with the Missouri Pacific railway as assist
ant general passenger agent. leaving this last
named Office in July, 1872 to take like position
with the Pennsylvania railroad, and succeeding
to It's general passenger agency Apri! IL, 1871
upon the death of D. M. Boyd. April l, 1881
Mr. Farmer resigned his connection with the
Pennsylvania, returning, year later, to service
with the same road as New England passenger
agent, which he now resigns to go with the Erie
His reputation as frst-class passenger man j!
fully established. ard his appointment is spokeI
OF with enthusiasm in passenger circles"